"A grossly obese John Bull and his lean and ugly wife, both wearing hats, sit on upright chairs, gormandizing. The man holds a whole chicken to his mouth, taking a huge bite. The woman (left) faces him, biting a large melon which she holds with both hands to an enormous mouth. He is morosely savage, she is melancholy; both are gap-toothed. On the ground (right) by the man's chair are collected a ham or gigot, a large irregular (?) galantine, a raised pie: 'pâté de périgueux', a huge jar of 'vin de lafitte' round which four bottles are grouped: 'frontignac', 'Clos de Vouge[ot]', and '. . . seac'. Beside the woman are a basket and tray filled with grapes, peaches, and pears. Through a wide doorway (left) the street is seen with a seated fruit-seller who serves three grotesquely hideous Englishwomen. Two are lank and emaciated, one tries to stuff a big peach into an immense mouth, holding an armful of grapes and peaches; the other gnaws at a bunch of grapes held in both hands. The third, also with bulging cheeks, bites a peach. The fruit-seller's tray is empty; she holds out her last peach. All the women wear small absurd hats or caps, tight long-waisted bodices (coloured) with long white skirts (cf. No. 12359)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Alphonse Roehn in the British Museum catalogue., Date and series name from British Museum online catalogue., and "Déposé à la Don Gle de l'Imprimerie."
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, and Women
"A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Masonic anecdote
Description:
Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1797 on the right side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the left side.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
Subject (Topic):
Freemasonry, Quacks and quackery, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, Candles, and Eating & drinking
"A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Masonic anecdote
Description:
Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 53.8 x 48.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
Subject (Topic):
Freemasonry, Quacks and quackery, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, Candles, and Eating & drinking
Series of 15 numbered scenes on 5 postcards, with narrative captions, depicting a child as an advocate addressing a court.
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a child in legal attire addressing a court, Legally themed postcards depicting a child in legal attire addressing a court, and Rappelez-vous Lesurques
Description:
Date from postmark., Scene number 15 does not include a caption. , On card number [2], scene number 6: Rappelez-vous Lesurques, refers to Joseph Lesurques a notorious case of miscarriage of justice from 1796., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281764, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.11 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
Series of 6 numbered postcards, with narrative captions, depicting a French child as advocate
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a child as advocate, Legally themed postcards depicting a child as advocate, and Rappelez-vous Lesurques
Description:
All postcards include manuscript notations and addressed to "Mademoiselle Laure Wattenne, Forest. par Aseg[?]"on verso., Caption on card number 6, "... Rappelez-vous Lesurques ...," refers to a notorious case of miscarriage of justice from 1796, Joseph Lesurques., Date from postmark and manuscript date, June 1902., In lower left corner: Collection G.I.D., Nantes., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281676, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.3 tall., In French., Online resource; description based on print version record. , and Accompanied by translation.
Publisher:
Royer et Cie
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Wattenne, Laure, Aseg, and Lesurques, Joseph, 1763-1796.
"Satire against England: Pitt strides forward holding a flag next to a crown, while chained figures cringe at his feet, and a scaffold and executioner occupy the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Title continues: ... ou le triomphe du ministre Pitt, foulant aux pieds la couronne d'Angleterre, d'une main il tient une hache et les chaines dont il a su charger la Nation et le Roi, de l'autre il porte le drapeau de l'esclavage; les impots et les echafauds sont les moyens qu'il employe pour soutenir son pouvoir chancelant., French original, later copied by Gillray, dated 1789 by the Bibliotheque Nationale presumably based on its place in a collection by an artist who gathered prints at the time, Michel Hennin., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
History, Public opinion, Foreign relations, Axes, Calumets, Chains, Crowns, Gallows, Punishment devices, and Shackles
Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Ms. identifications on mounting sheet by W.S. Lewis., Mounted to 43 x 106 cm., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Title etched below image., Day in imprint may have been re-etched from 10 to 29., Fourteen persons or groups forming discrete images arranged in two rows, each with caption in English and French., Temporary local subject terms: Lady Sarah Archer -- Captain Barclay., Watermark: J Whatman., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 34.3 x 48.5 cm., on sheet 36 x 55 cm., Incomplete: right plate with French title only., Some subjects identified in margins in an unknown hand., and Attributed to Cruikshank on mat in an unknown hand; attributed to Gillray on print, recto, in an unknown hand.
Publisher:
Pub. July 29 1788 by S.W. Fores No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Humphries, Richard, d. 1827, Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836, Pigot, Hugh, 1721? -1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Townshend, John, Lord, and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Series of 6 numbered postcards with narrative captions depicting a girl in legal attire advocating children's rights.
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights and Legally themed postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Postcards are addressed to Mademoiselle Marie Thérèse Desmons; dates from postmark: Lille, France, 1902 and 1904., Some postcards include manuscript notes below captions., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281671, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.1 tall, In French., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
